The Pipeline · North Carolina

North Carolina Football Players at FCS Programs

365 North Carolina kids are on FCS football rosters right now. The high schools feeding them, the programs recruiting them, and the seven-step playbook to put your kid on next year's list.

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365

North Carolina Athletes On FCS Rosters

61

FCS Programs Recruiting North Carolina

287

North Carolina High Schools Feeding FCS

How many North Carolina high school football players actually land on FCS college rosters? Real numbers, not guesses. Right now, 365 North Carolina kids play FCS football across 61 programs, coming out of 287 North Carolina high schools. Kyle Monangai went from Don Bosco Prep, overlooked by Power-4 programs, to Rutgers Big Ten captain to the 2025 Chicago Bears. His older brother Kevin walked the same kind of road first, Villanova to the Eagles and Vikings as a player, then the Giants as a coach. Kevin coached his own brother through that road; that is why we built RawRecruit. These counts come from current 2025 FCS football rosters. Below: the North Carolina high schools sending the most kids, the FCS programs recruiting hardest here, the methodology, and the questions parents ask us most.

“The athletes most services don't build for. The kids and parents nobody is calling first, who still want their kid on a roster like the ones above.

Kevin Monangai, Founder, RawRecruit

Former NFL running back (Eagles, Vikings)

Former NFL coach (Giants)

01

The Feeders

Top North Carolina High Schools Feeding FCS Football

  1. 01Cardinal Gibbons
    8Players
  2. 02Charlotte Catholic
    6Players
  3. 03Mallard Creek
    4Players
  4. 04Middle Creek HS
    4Players
  5. 05Millbrook
    4Players

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The Destinations

Top FCS Programs Recruiting North Carolina Football

01

North Carolina Central

44

North Carolina Players

Head Coach

Staff transition, refreshing soon.

02

Elon

39

North Carolina Players

JC

Jim Cross

Head Athletics Equipment Manager

Verified

03

North Carolina A&T

39

North Carolina Players

CC

Courtney Coard

Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line/Pro Liaison

Verified

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Real Outcome

One Brother, The Same Road

The 365 number above is not theoretical. Kevin's younger brother Kyle ran the same road out of North Carolina, walked into Rutgers, captained a Big Ten roster, and got drafted in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL Draft.

  1. 01

    Don Bosco Prep

    Overlooked by Power-4

  2. 02

    Rutgers

    Big Ten captain

  3. 03

    2025 NFL Draft

    Round 7, Pick #233

  4. 04

    Chicago Bears

    Active roster

04

The Methodology

How We Count

Numbers come from publicly available 2025 FCS football rosters. We count any current player whose listed home state is North Carolina, school by school, season by season. The decision a family makes here is too big to plan around guesses, so we put the rosters in front of you.

05

The Conversation

Parents Ask Us

Q.01
How many North Carolina high school football players are currently on FCS rosters?
Right now, 365 North Carolina kids play FCS football, spread across 61 programs and sourced from 287 North Carolina high schools. Counts come from current 2025 rosters.
Q.02
Which FCS programs recruit the most from North Carolina?
North Carolina Central leads with 44 North Carolina players on the current roster, followed by Elon (39) and North Carolina A&T (39). The top three are listed above with the head coach for each program when verified. A free account opens the rest of the top ten.
Q.03
Which North Carolina high schools send the most players to FCS football?
Cardinal Gibbons sits at the top with 8 current FCS football players, followed by Charlotte Catholic (6), Mallard Creek (4), Middle Creek HS (4), Millbrook (4). The full top 25 is on the page above.
Q.04
Is FCS football a realistic path for a North Carolina high school player?
Yes. With 365 North Carolina kids currently on FCS rosters across 61 programs, the path is busy and well worn. Scholarships at FCS are partial in football, so families plan around stacking academic aid on top of athletic aid.
Q.05
How does RawRecruit count North Carolina to FCS pipeline numbers?
We pull current 2025 FCS football rosters from public school athletics sites and count any player whose listed home state is North Carolina. Coach names show up only when verified inside our 35-day freshness window.
Q.06
What does my kid actually do with this list of high schools and programs?
The list is the input. The seven-step playbook is the action. Profile your kid's real numbers, build a target list off the programs above, send the email coaches actually read, and run the visit on full information. The full playbook lives at /guides/football/diy-recruiting and was written by Kevin from the same road he walked his brother Kyle through.
Q.07
We are not in North Carolina. Does the same playbook still apply for our state?
Yes. The seven-step playbook is sport-specific, not state-specific. The cohort and program list above are the North Carolina cut; the work a kid and parent do to reach FCS coaches is the same in every state. State pipeline pages for the rest of the country roll out next.
Q.08
What happens when a coach leaves a FCS program mid-cycle?
Coach names on this page only show up when our pipeline has verified them inside the last 35 days. When a head coach leaves, the slot reads as a transition note instead of a stale name; the program count and player numbers stay intact because those come from the roster, not the staff page. The list refreshes monthly.
Q.09
Why is RawRecruit giving away the rosters and coach contacts for free?
Because the data is the easy part. The hard part is keeping a school list current, filtering programs by your kid's real fit, and tracking coach records as staffs turn over every cycle. The free profile saves the work; the paid tiers exist for families who want deeper fit analytics. The free profile is enough for most.

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